Sat, May 9, 1pm – 3pm
Flax: 1699 Market St, San FranciscoOne of our most popular workshops, the Winsor & Newton Watercolor Seminar is back with artist Anna Simpson!
For artists already working in watercolor or the newcomer, this lively and entertaining discussion looks at the history, techniques, and materials that spell success when working in this most legendary of mediums. Discover which pigments granulate, why some colors stain, and the ideal landscape color palette. Learn the keys to color permanence and lightfastness. Winsor & Newton artist Anna Simpson will be here to answer these familiar watercolor questions and more, such as; which mediums help capture texture and expressive gesture? Why do we have Rough, Cold Pressed and Hot Pressed papers? What colors best capture natural light? What is gouache and can it be used with transparent watercolors? What are the three benchmarks for fine water media brushes? How do I care for my brushes and finished watercolors?
These topics and any other questions you might bring will be addressed, with all attendees receiving free watercolor samples at the conclusion. Also, all Winsor & Newton watercolors will be offered that day only at an extra 20% off the low FLAX price!
Please sign up early for this free event. You can call the store at 415.552.2355 or sign up on the 'workshops' page of the FLAX website!
Painting at Filoli
Gail B. is planning a painting trip to Filoli, an estate down the peninsula, just west of highway 280, about 7 or 8 miles south of highway 92. It’s a huge estate donated to the state of California back in the 70s. There are 17 acres of flower gardens, 10 acres of orchards, and a 35,000 square foot house (no painting inside the house!). Filoli hosts “artist access days” once a month from March to October. The remaining dates this year are May 21, June 25, (no July date), August 13, September 17, and October 22.
The painting time is from 3;30 to 6:30, although payment of the fee enables you to spend the whole day there if you like. (It’s absolutely gorgeous, and Gail thinks you’d enjoy wandering the gardens and touring the mansion ahead of time. There’s a very nice cafe, situated under some spreading oak trees, with the occasional peacock strolling by.)
For a member, the Artist Access fee is $20, for a non member $30. The first date that she can make is August 13. If you’d like to make it a group endeavor, let me know.
Email Gail if you would like to participate with the date that interests you at: Gail B.
To find out more about Filoli, go to: Filoli.org
For Artist's Guidelines, go to Program Details and Materials List
To Register, go to: Artist Access Days or call 650-364-8300 x508
You can register online or by phone, and I suspect that the sooner we do it, the better. The limit seems to be around 20 or 25, although I got different figures the two times I visited the office.
It does get really hot in the summer, so you might prefer the September or October date. She may splurge and do all three.There’s a lot of shade, in any case, and it will be mid- to late-afternoon. If you decide to go and would like her to keep track of who’s going when, in case people would like to carpool, just let her know. She doesn’t think you’ll have any problems registering on your own.
(Back in ’78 when Warren Beatty decided he’d like to use Filoli for his movie, “Heaven Can Wait”, he paid to have the mansion renovated, as I gather it wasn’t in the best shape at that time. He used the ballroom as his gym!)
Tuesday at Creightons - Apr 28
Hi, TACers!4 - Emphasize Diagonals
Our diagonals were pretty cool.
Shirley started us off with a Japanese butterfly kite in a bright palette. She wanted “lifesaver” candy colors for the kite and then she muted the same colors with neutral tint for the background. She also used Sumi ink and gesso.
Sue did a piece on mystical metallic that included a figure in front of mountains and she added sun, moon and stars that she loves.
Joanie moved in close on a starfish and was working on shading. She also had a bunch of carrots that were floating in space…
Marjorie is back from down under where she swam with dolphins!! Her seagull study was all grey that she mixed with red and green and the sea behind was kind of wild.
Janie shared her “gellie” prints that she tried, with lace. She didn’t feel successful but she sure made lemonade with the one she transformed into a Moroccan rug! She also shared her journal from her trip to Morocco last summer and we all fell in love with her illustrations of her camels!
We also talked about sketching quickly with simple supplies and how when’ we can do that our brain gets out of the way and we get some really wonderful stuff.
Next week: 50 - Lift Out White Lines with Tissue
That’s it for this week, Joanie
P.S. can anyone use nineish empty prescription bottles with no labels????